The Monk Who Discovered God's Knitting Pattern
In 1856, an Augustinian friar named Gregor Mendel knelt in a monastery garden in Brno, crouching over rows of pea plants with a tiny paintbrush....
This is stories & illustrations, drawing on Psalm 139:1-3, 13-15.
In 1856, an Augustinian friar named Gregor Mendel knelt in a monastery garden in Brno, crouching over rows of pea plants with a tiny paintbrush. For eight years, he cross-pollinated nearly 29,000 plants, meticulously recording which traits passed from parent to offspring. He discovered the hidden laws of heredity — the very mechanism by which living things are woven together in the womb.…
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